Gold conspiracy theories, myths and real science - post 275

  Part 10 of a series on metals. 

               

You could write a book or get a doctorate if you delve enough into conspiracy theories, myths and real science about gold. 
Let's touch on some of these. 

Conspiracy theories:

I know a few really intelligent, highly educated people who most sincerely believe the Anunnaki theory. 
An author called Zecharia Sitchin reported translating ancient Sumerian cuneiform texts dating from thousands of years ago. It's been clearly shown that his interpretation is plain wrong, but who needs facts when we have theories?  This is what Sitchin claims and what these inexplicably gullible friends believe: An alien race called the Anunnaki came to Earth hundreds of thousands of years ago in search of gold which they needed to repair their planet. Needing slaves to mine gold, they genetically engineered a variation of themselves into human beings (us), who would serve this function. This supposedly explains the 'missing genetic code' in our DNA. It also explains why humans love gold - we were created in order to adore it.

Closer to home are theories concerning Fort Knox, where gold is stored for America. Some believe that Fort Knox has suffered a variety of fates, ranging from having been secretly sold off, doesn't exist in the first place or having the gold replaced by other metal. To complicate matters, the US government has given credence to these theories by refusing to allow an independent audit of the gold in Fort Knox.  Maybe not such crazies after all. 

Are there cabals who are secretly controlling gold prices and other nefarious related activities? 

Whatever the case, we should be very wary of pointing fingers at any specific group of people. 

Mythology:

I admit I'm not well versed in mythology, but I do know that gold is central to lots of it.
El Dorado was the story of a South American chief who covered himself in gold dust. The story was inflated until a whole empire was believed to be covered in gold. This set the Spanish into a frenzied obsession with finding such a rich place. There were countless failed Spanish expeditions to South America in pursuit of the gold.  These were accompanied by persecution of the local population and colonization.  As we say, "the rest is history".

More pleasant to relate is the myth of King Midas who was blessed by having everything he touched turn to gold. When his beloved daughter, his food and other valuable necessities suffered this fate, he realized that the blessing was in fact a curse. Perhaps it is a lesson for all of us to learn. 

Between Fact and Fiction:

For thousands of years, man has dabbled in the art of attempting to turn base metal into gold. They are known as alchemists and we think of them as imaginary wizards.  We also tend to dismiss these false scientific endeavors as the result of sheer ignorance from an age gone by. Were these people fools? Sir Isaac Newton supposedly spent more time on alchemy than on physics. What does that tell us? It turns out that to this day, there are educated people in our world who believe in this possibility.  

                               

Real science: 

Precious metals have been used for real, scientific and technological purposes for many years. We remember that platinum was confined to military use in WWI.
How many of our parents or grandparents were injected with gold to (really) help their arthritic pains? Gold is used in other medicinal ways, not just in the west, but also in Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine. We can learn a lot from them. 
While gold used in the aerospace industry might be a little beyond most of our imaginations, we can all relate to our computers, televisions and smartphones, none of which would work without small amounts of gold. In fact, there is a whole industry where gold from such unused devices is being recycled. 

Researching this post, I learned that gold cannot be created except in extraordinary circumstances rare to the universe. Every atom of gold on earth arrived here from outer space billions of years ago. Does this make the Anunnaki theory credible? Please tell us what you think. 

 

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